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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Title: Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: in the land of the
Lapps and Kv ns ... Translated from the Norwegian and] edited by C.
Siewers.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel
guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and
female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal
narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe,
Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Tromholt,
Sophus; Siewers, Carl; 1885. 2 vol.; 8 . 10280.ee.12.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
CHAPTER III. JOUKNEYS TO HATTA, MUONION1SKA, AND KAEESUANDO. Tub
Pleasures Of A Traveller?Something On " Y"?An UnwelCome Guest?The
Besult Of His Visit?The Start At Last? A Drive In A Snowstorm-?A
Befuge?A Banquet At A " Grand Hotel "?A Night On The Mountain-?In
The Empire Of The Czar?A Diplomatic " Wedge "?Onward ?In The Land
Of The Thousand Lakes?The " Straight Line " Of A Beindeer? A Lovely
Midnight Drive?A Centre Of Religious FanaTicism?Absolution
Dispensed Wholesale?An Evening In A "holy" Place ? The Finns ? The
Kvins ? A Linguistic Puzzle?Bathing enfamille?A Land Of Lakes And
Forests? An Hospitable Spot In The Wilderness?A Pleasant EvenIng?-A
Finnish Church Service?Finnish versus Lappish?A Desolate
Spot?Disappointment?On The Way Home?ConFusing Frontiers?Caught In A
Snowstorm?A Pleasant Night?Welcome Back " Wenn Jemand eine Rtise
tliulit so kann er was erzdhlen," says a German proverb. When a man
has travelled he must have something to tell, you may perhaps say,
and having now held the reader so long captive in the Koutokseino
solitude, I feel it doubly incumbent on me to tell something of
what I saw and experienced on my journey to?well, you shall soon
learn where. I must say, by-the-bye, that the duty does not weigh
heavily on me, as he who has travelled feels compelled to relate
something?yea, you might as well attempt to stem mighty Niagara
itself as the narrative of a man who for nine .months has been shut
out fromevery vestige of civilisation, with a dog, a few hundred
reindeer, and a score of Lapps for his sole society and enjoyment,
were the journey but a walk through a village high street. And to
be candid, gentle reader, is it not one of the greatest delights
and rewards of the journey to think: " What shall I not have to
relate when I get home ? " Does n...
Title: Under Nordlysets Straaler. Skildringer fra Lappernes
Land.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the
development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights
include the development of language, political and educational
systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents
periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion
into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of
new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The
below data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++
British Library Tromholt, Sophus; 1885. 578 p.; 8 . 10280.eee.13.
Title: Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: in the land of the
Lapps and Kv ns ... Translated from the Norwegian and] edited by C.
Siewers.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Tromholt, Sophus;
Siewers, Carl; 1885. 2 vol.; 8 . 10280.ee.12.
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